The use of intravenous lipid emulsion as an antidote in veterinary toxicology

Alberto L. Fernandez, Justine A. Lee, Louisa Rahilly,

Lynn Hovda, Ahna G. Brutlag and Kristin Engebretsen

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE
Volume 21, Issue 4, August 2011, Pages: 309–320,
Article first published online:30 JUN 2011.

The use of ILE appears to be a safe therapy for the poisoned animal patient, but is warranted only with certain toxicoses. Adverse events associated with ILE in veterinary medicine are rare and anecdotal. Standard resuscitation protocols should be exhausted before considering this therapy and the potential side effects should be evaluated before administration of ILE as a potential antidote in cases of lipophilic drug toxicoses. Further research is waranted